Australia’s failed bid to host Cop31 looks like a mess – but it might actually be the best result possible

Ouch. From one perspective, Australia’s long running bid to host the Cop31 UN climate conference next year has ended in clear failure.

It campaigned for more than three years for the rights to put on the world’s biggest climate summit and green trade fair, which would have brought tens of thousands of people to the South Australian capital of Adelaide next November.

That’s not happening. Instead, the conference known as Cop31 is headed to the resort city of Antalya, on the Turkish Mediterranean. Turkey to host Cop31 climate conference after Australia drops push to hold it in Adelaide Read more

The result will be a major let down to many people who had hoped hosting the climate carnival could help accelerate Australia on a transition from being a fossil fuel economy to a renewable